2023 Fall
MECENG 206A 001 - LEC 001
Introduction to Robotics
Sosale Shankar Sastry, Koushil Sreenath
Class #:29156
Units: 4
Instruction Mode:
In-Person Instruction
Offered through
Mechanical Engineering
Current Enrollment
Total Open Seats:
4
Enrolled: 31
Waitlisted: 0
Capacity: 35
Waitlist Max: 0
Open Reserved Seats:
3 reserved for Students with Enrollment Permission
5 reserved for Master of Engineering in Mechanical Engineering Students
Hours & Workload
3 hours of instructor presentation of course materials per week, 5 hours of outside work hours per week, 3 hours of instructional experiences requiring special laboratory equipment and facilities per week, and 1 hours of the exchange of opinions or questions on course material per week.
Final Exam
TUE, DECEMBER 12TH
08:00 am - 11:00 am
Physics Building 1
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Course Catalog Description
This course is an introduction to the field of robotics. It covers the fundamentals of kinematics, dynamics, and control of robot manipulators, robotic vision, and sensing. The course deals with forward and inverse kinematics of serial chain manipulators, the manipulator Jacobian, force relations, dynamics, and control. It presents elementary principles on proximity, tactile, and force sensing, vision sensors, camera calibration, stereo construction, and motion detection. The course concludes with current applications of robotics in active perception, medical robotics, autonomous vehicles, and other areas.
Rules & Requirements
Repeat Rules
Course is not repeatable for credit.
Reserved Seats
Current Enrollment
Open Reserved Seats:
Textbooks & Materials
See class syllabus or https://calstudentstore.berkeley.edu/textbooks for the most current information.
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